FOOD The meal plan is AWESOME. Qdoba, Einstein Bagels and the never-ending salad bar at the cafeteria; can it get better than that? As a senior, I cherish my meal plan like I would a firstborn child. It. Is. Superb. YOU DON’T HAVE TO CLEAN YOUR BATHROOM WOW! As an incoming freshman, […]
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McDouble the Words
Sooner Discovery has been a great experience. The adjective “great” implies so much the actual experience of Sooner Discovery. Whether it might have been the late night study times, late night board games, early morning Yoga, Monday afternoon Zumba, and the many other activities, it all cannot not be really summed into one word. Thinking […]
A New Sensei in Town
Everyone knows the classic story of Karate Kid (or most do). Some random kid meets Mr.Miyagi and becomes a karate legend, through some trials along the way. Classic “teacher-meets-rough-kid-teaches-him-discipline” type of thing. Coming into Sooner Discovery, I was ready to be the sensei that our students needed. I wanted to be the smart, charismatic, always-put-together, […]
Discovering the Lasting Frontier
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.” Said by Daniel Boorstin, this phrase was quoted in an essay by a Sooner Discovery student. As I proof read his paper, he was relating this quote to an issue with theology in our world today. This quote registered with me […]
The Beach at OU
We all know that summer is the time to relax, have fun, and enjoy ourselves! Many people plan trips to various locations around the world including the beach. We all love the beach, right? I know I do! This is why we decided to bring that experience to the Sooner Discovery Family this summer. The […]
From Strangers to Family
As it comes to the end of the program I recall all of the memories and experiences I had here at OU. My time here at OU has been incredible and I will never forget it. I’ve met people from around the state and even from other states. I have made a bond with the […]
Hanging OUt (the U is not a typo)
I’ve had so much fun hanging out with our Sooner Discovery students; in fact, if I had to pick a favorite part of the whole time here, it’s been just “hanging out.” It doesn’t sound super profound or important at first, but I think the exact opposite is true. The most important aspect of being […]
Self-discovery: better Sooner than later
Learning is hard. Not just learning new material in class, or learning a new skill; learning how to navigate a new space, learning how to connect to others, learning how to learn – learning, at all, is hard. But it is so worth it. Learning is how we build ourselves, how we continually become, us. […]
Beyond the Books
The goals we set at the beginning of the Sooner Discovery program related a lot to the students’ academic success with concurrent enrollment. But we also wanted to set social goals, worrying that our students were going to be cooped in their rooms studying every second of the day. Of course they studied, but we […]
The Discovery That They Want to Be Sooners
“The Spirit of Learning is a Lasting Frontier.” This quote can be seen at OU’s Bizzell Memorial Library and fully encompassed in the University of Oklahoma’s new summer program – Sooner Discovery. I was asked to write a blog for Sooner Discovery, but how do I tell a month’s worth […]